questeur

\kɛs.tœʁ\

/\kɛs.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“questeur” is uncommon French (frequency #64,034 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,034
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Magistrat romain chargé, dans les armées ou dans les provinces, de l’administration des finances.

Corpus desk

Index FR-questeur · questeur · French

questeur · rank #64,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,034
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quads

Nearest frequency peer: quads (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « questeur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « questeur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for questeur
PropertyValue
Headwordquesteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛs.tœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « questeur » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).questeurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « quads » (#64,033), « Quirinal » (#64,035), « Pézenas » (#64,032). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « questeur » est au #64,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

questeur is uncommon French at frequency #64,034 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛs.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for questeur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is questeur, spelled Q-U-E-S-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Magistrat romain chargé, dans les armées ou dans les provinces, de l’administration des finances.
  2. 2
    Dans les assemblées politiques, membre qui est chargé de l’administration et de la police intérieure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how questeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les questeurs donnaient au peuple les combats de gladiateurs et en faisaient les frais. Un proconsul et son questeur.
  2. La tente du questeur, dans les camps, était toujours voisine de celle du général. Cicéron fut questeur de Sicile.

This word in other languages

quaestor(English)cuestor(Español)Quästor(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "questeur"?
"questeur" is spelled Q-U-E-S-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛs.tœʁ\.
What does "questeur" mean?
As a noun, "questeur" means: Magistrat romain chargé, dans les armées ou dans les provinces, de l’administration des finances.
How do you pronounce "questeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "questeur" is \kɛs.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "questeur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "questeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Quirinal#64,035prénatal#64,025rejettes#64,046remercia#64,047

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list